Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 91, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1929 — Page 1

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HOOVER OUTLINES FARM RELIEF PLAN

Bandits Return To Bank For Moneu Missed On Avril 5

FAWS STATE BANK AT HOBBS IS ROBBED AGAIN j W o Bandits Get $1,900 Today From Bank Which Was Robbed April 5 ONE IDENTIFIED BY BANK OFFICIALS Hobbs. Ind., Apr. 16.—XU.R)— Firing I heir revolvers into the ceiling with the exclamation “we came back to get what we forgot last time,” two bandits today ! robbed the Farmers State bank here of $1,900 in cash and escap6(i Bank officials said they identified one of the men in today's robbery as unley Canfield, who participated In the holdup April 5. Everett Walker, another of th'» three who took part in the previous rohhery. was sentenced to a life term in the state prison today at Tipton. Brmiey Stimmett, alleged accoin.plice of Walker and Canfield, is being held in jail at Tipton pending trial. A. Castor, assistant cashier. R. Heflin. bookkeeper and one customer were In the building at the time of the robbery. They were herded into a hank room and forced to lie on the floor. Heflin said, "the bandits covered us with their revolvers and took all the money they could find in the vault and on the counter. Then we were forced into the back room and spread out on the floor. "We kept quiet until we knew they had gone and then gave the alarm.” .."I think they were two of the three that robbed us the last time,” Heflin said. An unidentified woman in a drug store across from the bank said the two men alighted fro ma small coupe type automobile and stalked into the bank and then returned rather hurriedly and sped from the city. Interesting Program To Be Given At Lions Meeting All members of the Lions Club are urged to attend the weekly meeting this evening, at 6:15 o’clock. There will be impoitant business and an interesting program has been arranged. o Boy Scout Executive Committee Meets Tonight The Decatur executive committee of Boy Scouts will hold a meeting in the Industrial Association rooms at <:3O o'clock this evening. All members of the committee are requested to be present as thre will be important business to transact. FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Anna Hess Stoner Dies Os Tuberculosis At Santa Fe, New Mexico Peter Hess, residing south of the ci ty, received a message announcing the death of his sister, Mrs. Anna Hess -toner. 47, which occured Monday morning, April 15, 1929, at Santa Fe, • p " Mexico. Death was caused by eniorrhages resulting from tubercu°sts. Mrs. Stoner had spent the past me years in New Mexico in an effort ,0 regain her health. ,“ rß ' Amelia Hess, North Fifth tin, ° . WBS wlth her daughter at the of her death. Mrs. Hess left De- « ur last October, and went to New da*gh?cr Where She vislted w,th her twn UlVi ' inK ’ besides the mother, are Ro« 0 S 'u terS ant * two bi others. Miss co 1 ” e8s ' ot Sa "ta Fe, New Mexihomo* w ,llOm Mrs ' Stoner made her sport-’ tno S L AmeUa HeBB - of Loganand nJ Heß8 ' 01 Deß Moines, lowa, citv w/A HeBB, resi( ling south of the ed her h'lsband, Ed Stoner, precedp UB ‘ n ,' eath several years ago. nesdav a ‘ Bervices wi » be held Wedchurch , m °J ning at ‘be Catholic be made'^here.' 8 b “ rlal W ‘”

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May Succeed Herricl sxV>. * KK.. -t-® .“I ‘J t II -' jT : * - A ■ ■ ip> -T Former Senator James W. Wadswor It. Jr., of New York is now being prominently mentioned as possible successor to the Paris post held by the late Ambassador Myron T. Herrick. it is said, however, that the appointment, if made, will be delayed some time. D.H. S.PAPER GIVEN HONOR . — “Wings” Receives Excellent Rating From National Scholastic Press Ass’n. Word has been received from the National Scholastic Press Association that "Wings,” Decatur high school newspaper, has been given first class honor or excellent rating in competition with nearly a thousand papers all over the country. It received 810 points out of a possible 1,000, coming within 40 points of being an all-Am-erican, the highest honor given by the association. This is the first year the paper has entered in the contest and the excellent rating came as a surprise because of the lack of experience in national newspaper competion. The annual has been entered for several years and the 1929 edition of "Ravelings," which will come out in May, will be entered as usual. The papers are judged on news values and sources, news writting and editing, editorials and entertaining matter, headlines, typography, and make-up. The "Wings" did not fall below “good” in any department, in several, it was rated "perfect.” The “Wings’ 'this year is a six columns in width and twenty inches in length, and is printed by the Daily Democrat company. It consists of four pages with ten issues a year. Four different copies of the paper issued during the first semester were sent in. The editor-in-chief this year is Robert Heller, and the assistant editor. Mary Mclntosh. Harry Dailey is business manager and Chalmer Fisher, his assistant. Mises Mildred Kelly and Blanche McCrory are faculty advisors, o Organization Os Huge Steel Syndicate Reported Cleveland. 0., Apr. 16. — (U.R> t $30,000,000 syndicate, believed the first step of a plan to organize the country's third great steel corporation, was reported under development here today. Organized to acquire steel stocks, the syndicate was said to be part ol a plan to strengthen the holdings of its sponsors preliminary to an attempt to merge the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company of Youngstown; the Inland Steel company of Chicago, and Republic Iron and Steel company of Canton and Massillon. Ohio. —o — Bill To Amend Federal Prohibition Act Introduced Washington, April 16 —(UP) — Ir> accordance with the recent Wisconsin referendum on prohibition. Rep. Schafer, Republican, of Wisconsin, introduced a bill today to amend the prohibition act so as to legalize beer and wine containing 2.75 per cent alchoiic content. A similar measure was presented yesterday by Rep. LaGuardia.

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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME FAVORED DY INDUSTRIAL ASS'N. Members Present At Banquet Monday Night Vote 49-28 For Fast Time REPORTS MADE BY COMMITTEES Business men, employees and manufacturers. ail represented at a meeting ' of the Decatur Industrial Association held at the K. of C. hall last night, voted to petition the city council for daylight savings time. The vote was 49-28, with several members present not voting. A committee composed of the Rev. Ross W. Stoakes, William Linn and Robert Melhers, was appointed to present the petition and resolution to the council at its regular meeting tonight. Members of the council previously had indicated that they wished a consensus of opinion of local people before taking any action on the matter, it is said by several members of the council that the measure, in all probability, will pass. Reports Are Made Following the banquet last night, W. A. Lower, chairman of the roads committee. made a report on the work of his committee in securing an east and west state road. Progress has been made and it is thought that an east and west road will be taken over soon by the state highway department. A. D. Suttles, chairman of the agricultural committee, gave a report concerning the effort being made to secure more sugar beet acreage for the local plant. J. W. Calland, of the Hol-land-St. Lotrflr Sugar Co., said that lI'OSTIM Fl) ON PtfiK .-OXI MANUFACTURERS GIVE ADDRESSES James Cowan, Eno Lankenau Speak At Open Meeting Os K. Os C. Two leading Decatur manufacturers. Eno lankenau, of the General Electric plant, and James Cowan, of the Decatur Castings company, were the chief speakers at an open meeting sponsored by the Knights of Columbus lodge of this city, last night. Dan Niblick, grand knight of the local lodge, opened the doors of the lodge to the public and a good sized crowd listened to the two local men. Bert Gage presided at the meeting and introduced Mr. Cown first. Mr. Cowan described the work of the local castings company and explained the various methods used in a foundry. The local concern specializes in four particular branches of gray iron castings. Make Electric Iron Bases One of the chief lines of the local concern is the manufacture of castings for electrical machinery. The second phase of the local concern is the manufacture of bases for electric irons. The foundry in this city and the one located under the same management at Hamilton, Ohio, makes more than 75 per cent of the electric iron bases in the United States. Another phase of the local castings company is the manufacture of automotive castings. Castings on all General Motor cars come from the Decatur plant. The local company also manufactures castings for stove ornaments. Mr. Cowan stated that the local concern employed about 150 men and that the pay roll averaged about $4,500 a month. The total output of the local plant is about 600 tons a month. Mr. Lankenau Speaks Following Mr. Cowan's talk. Mr. Gage introduced Eno Lankenau, who explained the manufacture of small motors in the Decatur plant of the General Electric Co. Mr. Lankenau gave some interesting figures concerning the local branch of the General Electric company. There are 23 plants in the United States and tour in Canada. The company employs a total of 75,700 people In all of Its plants. The combined size of all plants represents 26,461,000 square feet. The Decatur Works was built ip (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 16, 1929.

Hoover’s Farm Program President Hoover's agricultural program in a nut slieil: Improvement of waterways. Tariff readjustments. Adjustment of production needs through diversification. Improvement of marketing methods to eliminate waste. Tariff and waterways are matters for separate legislative measures Th? remainder of the program would he carried out by a federal farm '•0.1 rd. "The admin'stration is pledged to create an instrumentality that will investigate the causes, find sound remedies, and have the authority and resources to apply those remedies. “Every penny of waste between farmer and consumer that we can eliminate whether it arises from methods of distribution or from haznrd nr .speculation, will be a gain to both farmer and consumer. ”'r. addition to these special provisions in the direction of improved retitrrs, the twrard should be organized to investigate every field of economic bet erment for the farmer so as to furnish guidance as to need tn production, to devise methods for elimination of unprofitable marginal lands and their adaption to other uses; to develop industrial by-products and to survey u score of other fields of helpfulness." The Pre idenl’s message mentioned no specific figure for file revolving fund to be p’aced at th- dispr sal of the farm board. The House bill tnentions $500,000,000.

EXPECT STATE TO REST CASE TODAY Defense Likely To Utilize Rest Os Week In Zimmerman Trial Angola, Ind., Apr. 16. —(U.R) —Th a state was expected to rest its case today in the trial of Charles Zimmerman, former Steuben county sheriff, charged witrf the murder of Thomas Burke, alleged bandit. It wa-s considered likely that the defense would utilize the remainder of the week and that the case would not reach the jury until next week. The alleged connections of Zimmerman with liquor running, automobile thievery and other forms of vice was stressed by the state yesterday. Nine witnesses were' called by the prosecution in an attempt to link the defendant with the slaying of Burke. The charred body of a man, believed to have been Burke’s was found in a but ned barn here, shortly after the robbery of the First National Bunk of Angola. James F. Waithan. brought, here from the Ohio state prison where he is serving a term for hank robbery, again was placed on the witness stand. He identified the former Steuben sheriff as the man whom he saw in conference with Kirby Davis, alleged bandit, and against whom several indictments for bank robbery and automobile theft are pending. Emory Powers, 63, farmer, testified that he saw Zimmerman the afternoon prior to the murder riding with another man in an automobile, known to have been the property of Burke. Wafthan further testified that he saw Zimmerman in th ecompany of Earl Redmond, and Thomas Burke, when he (Waithan) and the la'ter two drove to Fort Wayne from Toledo, Ohio, 250 PUPILS TAKE BTH GRADE TEST Sickness Prevents Several From Taking Examination Held Saturday A total of 250 pupils in the rural elementary schools of Adams county took the annual eight grade examination, held in each of the twelve townships last Saturday, according to report issued today by Clifton E. Striker, superintendent of the county schools. All of the manuscripts have now been received by Mr. Striker, who will grade the papers. It probably will he two or three weeks before the grading is completed. Those who pass the test will be permitted to enter high school next fall. Sickness prevented several pupils from taking the examination lust Saturday, Mr. Striker stated. Another examination. for those who were unable to take the one last Saturday and for those who failed in the first tes6 6 will be held on the second Saturday in May. The number of pupils from each township who (ook the examination last Saturday was: Nnion, 16; Root, 17; Preble 23; Kirkland. 14; Washington, 12; St. Marys, 11; Blue Creek 19; Monroe, 37; French, 9; Hartford, 19; Wabash, 49; Jefferspn 24.

Norwegian Steamer Goes Aground Off (California Huntington Beach, Calif., April 6— HIP)--The Norwegian steamer Evanger went aground here today in a fog. The vessel, carrying a full cargo and severay passengers, appeared to be in no danger although attempts to communicate with her were unsuccessful. The Evanger was bound for San Pedro from Buenos Aires and Santos. o Taxable Valuation Increased Indianapolis. April 16 —(UP) — Taxable valuation of the Instill owned Northern Indiana Public Service corporation was increased $3,971,644 by the state tax board today. The 1928 einopafed with ■>37,389.10:1 a year ago. CIRCUS TO SHOW HERE ON MAY 11 Gentry Brothers Circus, On 41st Annual Tour, To Exhibit In Decatur With tlie arrival today of J. C. Admire one of the contracting agents of the Gentry Bros. Circus, preparations were actively started for the showing ot this big circus in Decatur on Saturday, May 11. Mr. Admire is traveling about one month in advance of the show and will be followed by scores of advertising men in the near future. The Gentry Bros. Circus, now on its annual tour, is said to be presenting a program of unparallelled merit this season. Always known for its highclass, clean and thrilling perfrmances, the Gentry Brothers Circus has added new features this season that will give this circus a predominant position in the circus world. Although most of the big circuses have discarded the traditional noonday parade, the Gentry Brothers Circus still retains this superb feature, Mr. Admire stated today. Leaving the show-grou'iids promptly at 11 o'clock a. m„ the gorgeous pagent will wend its way over the principal downtown streets. This will be one ot the big features of the holiday for the circusloving public. Only a few cities are being played by the big show in this section this season and much interest has been aroused in its approaching visit here. Among the big features in the stupendous program will be the DareDevil Pacheco troupe of 6 direct from Argentina, on their first tour of America; the famous Davenport family of riders; the O’Neal Trio, intrepid gymnasts; the Perez-LaFlor troupe of aerialists; Arthur Borella, the world’s highest salaried clown and 30 assisting famous funsters; the Cottrell-Pow-ell troupe of equestrian artists; Royal Goban troupe of Japanese acrobats and thrilling ground tumblers; Prof. John Griffin's Military band of 28 Musicians; Miss Jane Hinton one of the greatest girl bare back riders the world has ever known; The Six Nevarros; Tommy and Peggy Holman wife walkers. Tn addition, the big show is augmented with the Gentry Bros., Wild Animal exhibition, scores of wild animals, lions, leopards, tigers, pumas, jaguars, elephants, monkeys, etc. will constitute that department. Pei forniances will be given at 2 and 8 o’clock P. M. The doors to the Gentry Bros, menagerie will be opened an hour earlier.

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Educator Stricken w 4* ' w I fe .Jr Dr. Nicholas Murray Bu'ler, President of Columbia University, is being held under observation for what is believed to be gall bladder trouble. An operation is expected to follow shortly if his strength continues to hold out. LUTHERANS PLAN FOR CELEBRATION Ten Churches Os Decatur Circuit Plan Anniversary Celebration On July 7 Arrangements were made last Sunday at St. John's Lutheran church to have all the Lutheran churches of the Decatur < ircuit join in a celebration of tile 400th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther's small catechism, which book has stood a long hard test of time, and is now more universally used as a text-book than ever before. The ten Lutheran churches (Mo. Synod) of Decatur and vicinity will take part in this festival, which will be held in the grove of the St. John's Lutheran church on the Fort WayneDecatur state road, on July 7. Eighteen laymen, chosen by the congregations, together with the pastors, constituting the anniversary committee, were present and a very pleasant meeting was held. Oscar Lankenau ot Decatur, presided as chairman of the meeting. It was resolved to conduct three services on the festival day, one in the morning and a double service in the afternoon. The speakers for the occasion will be: the Rev. Theo. Schurdel. Cleveland, Ohio; the Rev. Walter Lichtsinn, Hammond, president of the central district; the Rev. Frank Lankenau. Napoleon. Ohio, third vice-president of the Missouri Synod. It was also decided to ask the buying committee of St. John's church to look after the refreshments, and to have them, together with the committeemen of each congregation, call for as much help from the ten congregations as may be needed for all other arrangements. The committeemen of the various churches are: St. John’s Lutheran —Mr. A. Bultimeier, Mr. Theo. Dreege. Immanuel Lutheran — Mr. Arthur Thieme. Mr. Godfrie Lehrman. Zion Lutheran—Mr. A. Bultimeier. Mr. R. Buuck. Zion Lutheran (city) — Mr. Oscar Lankenau, Mr. Christ Boknecht. Immanuel Lutheran—Mr. A. A. Sallfrank, Mr. L. Berkmann. Trinity Lutheran—Mr. Theo. Gerke, Mr. H. Poehler, Mr. Fred Moellering. St. John’s Lutheran—Mr. F. Schraeder, Mr. W. Haderhorst. Bethlehem Lutheran —Mr. R. Werling, Mr. O. Werling. St. Paul’s Lutheran—Mr. Otto Ewell, Mr. Wm. Linnemeier. Mother Os Six Children Faces Term In Prison Jeffersonville, Ind., April 16—(UP) —Pleading giulty to issuing fradulent checks, Mrs. Anna Bell Sheldon, 25, mother of six children, today faced a two to 14 years sencence in the Indiana Woman s prison. An alleged accomplice. Albert Stone 47, pleaded not guilty and *as held under SSOO bond. The woman admitted that she passed many checks, all of small amounts on merchants.

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PRESIDENT, IN i FIRST MESSAGE, DISCLOSES VIEWS Urges Farm Relief, Tariff Revision And Many Other Legislative Acts MESSAGE ONE OF BRIEFEST ON RECORD 'By Lawrence Sullivan, UP Staff Correspondent. Washington, Apr. 16.—(U.R)— A comprehensive, legislative program designed to “lay the foundations for a new day in agriculture,” was recommended by President Hoover today in his first message to congress. Other recommendations of the chief executive were: Limited tariff revision. Reorganization and revitalization of the federal tariff commission, to bring about quicker decisions. Elimination of the administrative red-tape in customs regulations under the existing tariff law. Dislikes Immigration Law Repeal of the national origins immigration formn’a. Reapportionment of the house ot representatives. Provision for the decennial census in 1930. "I have called this special session of congress to redeem two pledges given in the last election —farm relief and limited changes in the tariff." was Hoover's opening sentence. The 2.000 word message was one of the briefest ever sent to congress from the White House. The farmer's seven-year battle cry, "Equality for agriculture" was answered by the president's advocacy of a federal farm board "of strength and importance equal to that of those which we have created for transportation and banking.” Similar To McNary-Haugen Bill The president’s program calls for “the re-organization of the marketing system on sounder and more stable and more economic lines." In detail, it conforms closely to the bill approved by the house agricultural committee. In general scope and practical aims, it is the McNaryHaugen bill of the last two sessions minus the equalization fee. Hoover was even more emphatic in what the bill should not contain titan in what it should. "We must not undermine initiative,” he said. “There should be no fee or tax imposed upon the farmer. No governmental agency should engage ;n buying and selling and price fixing of products, for such course can lead only to bureaucracy and domination. Government funds should not be loaned, or facilities duplicated, where other services of credit and facilities are available at reasonable rates. No activities should lie set in motion that will result in increasing the surplus (CONTINUED ON P4OE SIX' NEW TEACHER IS HIRED HERE Grade School Teacher Employed; High School Instructor Resigns Resignation of one school teacher and the employment of another were announced today by the Decatur school board, which held a session yesterday evening. Miss Mary Burk, instructor of domestic science in the local high school for the last, two years, tendered her resignation, effective at tlie close of the present school year. Sylvester Everhart, a teacher in the Monroe grade school for several years, was employed by the Decatur school board yesterday to succeed Miss Dora Marie Magley as an instructor in the seventh and eighth grades at the Central school for the remainder of this school year and next year. Miss Magley resigned recently, following announcement of her marriage several months ago to Daniel Aughenbaugh. Mr. Everhart will assume his duties here next Monday, his school at Monroe closing on Friday of this week. Mrs. Cora Downs has been substituting since Miss Magley resigned. Mr Everhart has been a popular instructor at Monroe and has coached the Monroe high school athletic teams for the last few years.

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